NFL analyst Ed Werder joined Fitzsimmons and Durrett on KESN-FM this week to talk about the Dallas Cowboys' off-season. Here are some highlights:

On if the Cowboys are pursuing Eric Winston:

Well, I don’t think anything is going to happen in terms of
Doug Free at this late point accepting a pay cut. So I think he would be
inclined to force the Cowboys to cut him, and in all likelihood, the Cowboys
won’t do anything in that regard until they see what happens in this draft and
who they pick and how they address the tackle and the offensive line positions
in general. But I’m not sure that Eric Winston is really their first choice if they
do move on from Doug Free. I think Ryan Clabo from Atlanta might be a guy that they have far
more interest in, but clearly the Cowboys believe that Free should not play for
more than $3 to $4 million because that’s what these guys are willing to play
for, and [Free’s] coming off a worse season than either one of them had.

On if Chip Kelly’s
offense with the Eagles will revolutionize the NFL game:

I think you’ve got to put it in perspective. Let’s look at
what the New England Patriots do and what they did last year in terms of the
amount of time in which they went from one snap to the next. It was the highest
in football – 24.9 seconds – and that led people to accuse the Patriots of
having a gimmick offense where they snap the ball before the opponent is ready,
gaining an unfair advantage. Well, 24.9 seconds – that’s the fastest in the NFL.
Chip Kelly’s offense at Oregon
snapped it every 20.9 seconds, so nearly four seconds faster, less time for the
defense to get ready. And obviously Chip Kelly is going to have to modify his
offense and you have to question whether his system will work at the NFL level.
College coaches have succeeded recently like Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh,
great success in the NFL, but they had NFL experience when they came to the
league, and Chip Kelly doesn’t. So that’s what he’s got to overcome. Now, what
he has to his advantage is this new scheme that people are unsure how to cope
with it, and he’s got some of the fastest skill position players in the league.
I’ve talked to opposing coaches who say this is the fastest group that’s been
in the league since the Raiders 20 years ago. You look at Michael Vick even,
DeSean Jackson, Jeremy Maclin, LeSean McCoy. I mean, that’s a lot of speed, and
if they’re snapping the ball before the defense can get ready and if they’re building
in that many additional snaps within the course of the drive, it’s going to
cause fatigue. I think it’s really going to be a challenge for defenses in the
NFC East.

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